Washington International School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:US parent of 3 current WIS students (both primary & middle) here, and we are very happy! DD was academically quite advanced at an early age, so we started her at WIS primary to give her the added challenge of learning a new language, with the goal of keeping her engaged in school. DD has been very happy at WIS literally since day 1, so we enrolled her younger siblings as well. We now have 3 bilingual children whose friends come from all over the world. It's a lovely environment, both nurturing and challenging. Highly recommend!

Oh you’re not going to like the instant translate software then.

[Anonymous]

The reality is that for an academically normal to gifted child, there’s no calculation that says you should pick the more expensive WIS over the better Big 3. Just is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:US parent of 3 current WIS students (both primary & middle) here, and we are very happy! DD was academically quite advanced at an early age, so we started her at WIS primary to give her the added challenge of learning a new language, with the goal of keeping her engaged in school. DD has been very happy at WIS literally since day 1, so we enrolled her younger siblings as well. We now have 3 bilingual children whose friends come from all over the world. It's a lovely environment, both nurturing and challenging. Highly recommend!

“Nurturing environment” is to the school quality, what “charming interior” is to the house quality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US parent of 3 current WIS students (both primary & middle) here, and we are very happy! DD was academically quite advanced at an early age, so we started her at WIS primary to give her the added challenge of learning a new language, with the goal of keeping her engaged in school. DD has been very happy at WIS literally since day 1, so we enrolled her younger siblings as well. We now have 3 bilingual children whose friends come from all over the world. It's a lovely environment, both nurturing and challenging. Highly recommend!

Oh you’re not going to like the instant translate software then.

Well it’s a good thing they teach more than just foreign languages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose it depends on what you are comparing it to, but I would hardly say "most", as even amongst the private schools there are plenty that are 1/3 or 1/2 of that.

You’re right; I meant the competitive schools in the area. We only considered those so this price point was our only frame of reference.

"the competitive schools, we only considered those"

[Anonymous]

Oh you’re not going to like the instant translate software then.


The process of bilingual learning at an early age has many documented benefits for brain development across all subjects, regardless of whether knowledge of a particular foreign language ends up being a useful skill in and of itself decades down the road (our view is that it certainly can't hurt!). And, because DD had entered kindergarten already having taught herself to read novels and having skipped a grade in her extracurricular math program, she had completely disengaged from primary school-based learning before we moved her to WIS. The additional challenge of learning a new language made DD dramatically more interested in what was happening in the classroom, and she is now a happy, involved child who is excited to go to school every day and cannot wait to start her homework the moment she gets home. We simply could not have gotten any of that at a non-bilingual school, and would absolutely choose WIS all over again.